NAGANO—An English-language video and ... untouched mountain slopes covered in fresh snow. These areas, however, are not part of a ski resort and are thus not patrolled. Injured or lost ...

Short-staffed ski resorts in Nagano Prefecture are increasingly relying on foreign labor, and employers are dangling free use of the winter facilities to secure enough workers for the season.

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of ... In particular, Hakuba, Shiga kogen, and Nozawa Onsen are the most well-known ski resort areas, as they hosted winter Olympics in 1998.

The bodies of two men caught in an avalanche on Sunday have been found in Nagano Prefecture ... said they believed the men were off-piste skiing separately from the rest of the group when the ...

"Ski resorts are getting busier and busier ... days indicate this is probably what happened in the backcountry areas of Nagano and Gunma prefectures," he says. "These avalanches can hurtle ...